This one time at band camp....

So the past week has mainly been consisting of the band camp at North Canyon High School. I've been working really hard and it's been a blast.

The first day was really strange. There were people who kept hugging each other and saying hi and being all friendly, and I didn't really know what to do but stand there for a while. But when we go to work I got to know a little about some people. I got to be introduced to the entire clarinet section, which was smaller that I had expected, which I guess was good.

Each morning we would learn how to march. It's not really that hard. If you just stay on tempo and pay attention to the calls then you should be ok.

The second part of the day would be rehearsals. They have a TON of stand-tunes (Which are songs that you play in the stands during the football game. For the most part, those aren't as hard as you might think. But then we have the performance pieces that we have...

Those are the most challenging pieces of them all. And although I do like a good challenge when it comes to music, it's harder to march to. I've been practicing a lot of it and, so far I've improved for only knowing the three tunes for a week. My favorite of the performance pieces is the 2nd one. It not onlyis very melodic, but it is also the easiest of the three The pieces are Disney themed, and they sound AMAZING! I've heard that the band is going on a trip to Disneyland, but I'm not sure...

Here are the song's we have to play, brought to you by the power of Youtube(sorry if the instantaneous beeps in the songs bother you. It's a way to make sure no one steals it) :

Fantastmic-Part 1 (Mikey the Sorceror)

Fantasmic-Part 2 (Princess Melody)

Fantasmic-Part 3 (Finale)

The people there are really nice.So of them can have colorful personalities. It's fun to see how many people can have such a great passion for such an art.

We had a pizza party on the last day, and we even payed hide an seek in the dark auditorium. It was fun not getting caught :).

Hopefully now that I know what marching band is like, high school won't sound so terrifying as it seemed earlier. :)
Adios,

My Lame Schedule and Band Camp

I got Minecraft yesterday!
I've played it for a while and I'm having a blast! I've mainly done the survival part of the game, where you go at it alone, but hopefully I can get to going on multiplayer with my friend. :)

Also, I finished my first pages in This is Not a Book on Friday

 The first part of the two pages was to document my day by making bullet points of my day
My schedule looked like this:
-Wake up
-Go on computer
-Make breakfast
-Eat breakfast
-Ask dad for Minecraft
-Clean around house
-Sit and play Minecraft
-Eat dinner while playing Minecraft
-Go to bed

My day is fun, isn't it?.
The second part of my challenge was to make a mark for everytime you enter a room.
This is what the page looked like by the end of the day:

Yesterday, I saw the Avengers. It was pretty epic. My favorite part was when the Hulk beat up the villian like a rag doll by hitting him on the ground repeatedly.

Today, I also finished another challenge from This is Not a Book. It was to find 50 different ways that the item could be used as a tool
Trust me, this list is LOOOOOOONNNGGGG!
So to save you're time, I'm not going to write it all out.

Party is tomorrow. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with myself other than twiddle my thumbs. I don't even what is going to go down, but whatever...
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The North Canyon band camp starts on Tuesday! Can you believe it? I'm not even through a week of summer and I have BAND CAMP!  WOO! Better bring my sunscreen!  I'll tell you all my stories, I promise.

I would like to add, we have a mandatory CIY meeting at 7:00 on Wednesday. So excited! It's in TWO WEEKS!

And to wrap this up, I would like to entertain your minds by putting up this funny video to watch, in honor of my sister

LOVE YOU RACHEL!

School, Backpacks, and Minecraft

Hello earthlings.

 I am in much pain. I got sunburned while on a field trip to Wet n'Wild. It hurts to move.

School ended yesterday. I don't really know what to do with myself. Since my school feeds into two schools, North Canyon and Pinnacle, there are a lot of friends splitting up to go to their schools. All of my friends are going to Pinnacle, and it just so happens that i just HAVE to go to North Canyon. I'm not saying that North Canyon is a bad place, it's just that I don't really have a choice to go to Pinnacle. My house is too far away for me to take a bus or walk, and my parentals can't take me because they have to wake up way too early to go to work. So now I'm feeling really horrible now that I have no friends that are in my age group that I can hang out with. I do have my friends from church that I can hang out in the summmer, but still, once school starts in August, I will be walking onto that huge campus alone. And yes, I do have friends who are already in high school that are just a year older, but it's just not the same when you don't have any friends in your classes.

 But let's get away from thos negative feelings, and go towards the positive. Yesterday, I got at book that is called THIS IS NOT A BOOK.

My sister got a WRECK THIS JOURNAL too It is basically an adventure guide. It makes you do things for as long as you, wherever you want. I plan on doing these activities over the summer, and even during the school year if I have any time. My first activites are to carry the book wherever I go, and to make sure that I leave so that the public eye can see it. The second activity is to record you daily activities, and make a mark on the page for every time you enter a room. This should be a fun week!

These week has also given me opportunity to gain interest in two things. One thing I really want is a Kirby backpack. It looks like this:

The reason I want this awesome transporting device is because my friends all tld me I should get a backpack like theirs so we can be the backpack trio. One has a Pikachu backpack

And one has a yoshi backpack, except her's is blue.

And since the two backpacks are different video games, we decided mine should be different game. We decided to either do three different ones. And since I couldn't find a Pacman ghost and I didn't like the Zelda one, I decided that I plan on getting a Kirby one. Now, this may take a while, since I have no money, but hopefully I can snag some so I can order it online.

The second thing is Minecraft.

Minecraft is a building game that makes you craft your own supples to survive in the wilderness of a virtual world. And when night falls, monsters will spawn and you have to fight them(or hide in your house that you build) until the sun rises, where they all burn, and you can continue to make new things to have a better chance of survival. They also have a creative mode, where there are no monsters, and you can just build and mine for different minerals as much as you want. There is also the multiplayer mode, which I am most excited to play, since myfriend plays it, and ever since I told her I was interrested, has begged me to get it. And since my sister found twenty bucks last night, when my dad gets home, I plan to convince him of letting me buy Minecraft and start saving up for my Kirby backpack.

 I also have to attend an end of the year party that my sister's friend is throwing. I'm probably going to just hang out with my sis's friends, since non of my friends are going that I know of. Hopefully I don't embarrass myself.

 The last thing I want to touch on is CIY. It is going to be so much fun! The fact that it's in three weeks is AGONIZING! If you don't know what CIY is, it is a camp that my church sets up every year for high schoolers. And since I'm a new freshman, this is my first year! We get to go to a college in Colorado, and we get to stay in a dorm with a roommate or two, which you can request for friends that you would like to hang out with. You also get to go white water rating! We plan on doing so much stuff there! My friend told me that we were going mattress surfing sometime! I hope I don't break a leg! So that's my week for ya. Gotta go. I think dad is almost home :)

Easter and such

So basketball is over, and I didn't make All-Stars (not surprising). It's Easter weekend, and I have a big day ahead of me.

First I have a volleyball game, which we going to be stressful because our team just got a lot of new people, so they don't know our rotation and stuff. Hopefully we won't totally fail.

Then I have to go to Breanna's birthday party, who is a friend of Rachel. I spent most of my night drawing pictures for the epic book that we were making. Toni, another of Rachel's friends helped me, which was really awesome. I'll try and put some pictures up later. NO PROMISES. Thanks Toni!
What I'm excited for is to wear my new ourfit to the party. We went shopping yesterday at this store called Rue 21, and we scored on a bunch of cute tops and shsorts to prepare for summer. Plus, they have this really good sale coming up on the 112th, so we are going back to get accesories, more clothes, and perfume! :D

Then after that, I'll have to go teach my second and third graders at church. There'll be a lot of them today because they are having Easter Services for two days! Yep, thats how big my church is. You can't fit them in the building, so you have to make like six different services.

Then tomorrow, we have Easter. I don't really know whats gunna happen but I know we are having breakfast at Chompies. It should be good though. My family is good at making holidays fun.

Well, I gotta go.

Basketball

Basketball has been racking up my schedule lately. And it definitely has it's benefits. But it has been EXAUSTING. I've been going every morning for the past week, along with staying an extra thirty minutes to an hour after the mandatory afterschool practice. I've cut my both my upper and my lower lip. I have a bruise on my arm, and am sore in every place possible. Yep, that's right. EVERY. SINGLE. PLACE.
Festival is on Saturday. If you don't know what Festival is, it is an event in which all of the school's teams from the district join up and play each other.
I'm scared. I'm on team 3 out of 4. And allthough my team is good, I don't think they have some of the fundamentals down. Even though it may seem kind of a small issue, it can a big issue when you have no idea what another player is doing. But overall,our team has really improved, so I guess we won't do too bad.
Let's hope it goes ok!

There's something bugging me right now.

Everyone is in such distress or is getting down on themselves, and it's so sad for people for getting into these situations. I always wish I could show how much they're loved by their family and friends, and that they aren't alone. I've messed up before, and I bet whoever is reading this has too.

Just because you've messed up doesn't mean your life is over. When you face a situation, you'll get over it, and you'll learn from your mistakes. THATS WHAT'S LIFE IS ABOUT! Life is all about learning, growing, and enjoying what you have. And if you're down, all you have to do is take a deep breath, and try to keep going.

I want you to know that you are loved. And that no matter where you are, or what you look like. You are special. You are beatiful. You are smart. You are kind. YOU ARE IMPORTANT.

Hello....

Yay. A new start!
Yes, I deleted all my old posts. I didn't like how I've been inconsistently blogging, which were just a bunch of updates. No pictures, video, or amusing stories. Just updates...

I'm tired of that.
So I would like to introduce myself, and start fresh.

Hi, I'm Ashley, I'm in 8th grade, and I'm stating a NEW blog.
I don't give any promises on any daily posts, but I'll try to do a post every one or two weeks. That, my friends, I think I can do.

I would like to add that this is nothing like tumblr. No offense, but I don't think tumblr is that great. It seems like you only get a tumblr because your friends get one and you want to follow, or you want to get attention. Now, I never said tumblr was a bad thing. Tumblr is just a fun social network that I don't feel obligated to join. I just want to be by myself. Vent. Relax. Be the dork I am. Same with Twitter, but that's a different story.
If you have a tumblr, great. But don't expect this to anything like it.

Back to this week
Spring break this week. It'll give me time to get ready for the next school week. We have basketball practice in the mornings. I just got back from one. Today we worked on the actual game. This is like the first time we have actually played.
Although I like playing the games, I don't think I'm that amazing. I don't suck, but I'm not as amazing as my friends, Jordyn or Sarah.
I've been relaxing the rest of the time, along with Cleaning, doing homework, etc.

Mom got a job as a car salesman at ABC Nissan. She's taking long hours, but that's how you bring home the bacon. Maybe when it's time to get my drivers licence I can get a cheap car! :D

Gotta go.
Later, alligator!